OpenBSD 3.3 Song

flynn_nrg writes "Even although version 3.3 is not out yet, users can already enjoy the new 3.3 song: "Puff the Barbarian". Like other Barbarians before him, Puff has had to face some pretty crazy challenges. This song is an allegory of the recent difficulties we went through dealing with Sun, who refused our request for documentation about their UltraSPARC III processors. We want documentation, because these are the fastest processors with a per-page eXecute bit in the MMU, needed to fully support our new W^X security feature. In the meantime, the AMD Hammer has come onto the scene, and this processor supports an eXecute bit in 64-bit mode. And it is going to be faster... Both mp3 and ogg versions available."

Scott McNealy: all alone and only bones

[ubiquitin]

At the tower Puff appealed
For the wisdom of the One
Denied, his mind did reel
Puff was getting tired of Sun

Broke down the guard
Cause math is hard
Found McNealy on his throne
All alone and only bones

Come the Sun King blade ablur
Hammer down eclipse the Sun
And Puff, the land secured
The new King Barbarian!

We already know that Hammer will wipe Sun off the map, oh wait, I forgot that Sun's messaging software [internetwk.com] will save the day. heh Probably just like their Linux distro showed the world how hip they could be to open source.

Free music download?

[dotgod]

You pirates just wait until the RIAA hears about this...

Doesn't work on Windows.

[Daphnee Ewald]

I tried playing the download on my Windows XP machine, but every time I do I get this screen going flashing by saying something about "free software related file identified -- launching propaganda" and it starts playing some .NET advertizement instead.

Oh fuck

[PD]

Geeks definitely should not sing. There is a reason why Fox will never have a show called "Geek Idol".

Re:Oh fuck

[7-Vodka]

Actually, I'm not a geek and I think their songs are pretty fucking cool. Very well made.

Sorry for the doublepost

[7-Vodka]

And, I think it's really cool to hear music that actually has something to say! Not just that, but something that never gets heard in a musical medium too. It's refreshing that they can pull it off. They're making social, political and personal statements in their music and it gets me excited,
REEELEEEAASSEEE TIIIIIIMMME!!!

No ID3 tags

[Yonder Way]

Anyone else find it annoying that the OpenBSD songs don't have ID3 tags giving proper attribution?

I thought the whole point of using a BSD license over public domain was that BSD license gives credit.

Re:No ID3 tags

[dolmant_php]

When you run a program it doesn't print out who wrote it - that's only viewable in the source. The credit is all given on the webpage linked in the story.

Re:No ID3 tags

[Yonder Way]

Well when the file is copied and redistributed, there is no credit given to the musicians or to the OpenBSD project itself. It seems pretty pointless and lazy to not spend the 1 minute to fill in the ID3 tags before distributing the MP3's.

Re:No ID3 tags

[Anonymous Coward]

> Do you *want* ID3-tagged MP3's or would you prefer to leave them as-is?

I do not want them.

There are still some players that dislike them.

The song is free. If it was not free, it would not be on our CD.

I pay money to make sure it is free.

taken from misc@ [theaimsgroup.com]

check it out.

[7-Vodka]

I really really liked their 3.0 and 3.1 release songs. Systemagic and E-Railed. They're on the same page as the 3.3. What awesome promo for their most righteous OS. GG guys!

Already on /.

[mirabilos]

I think it's pretty pointless that this is already
on slashdot. Please give the mirrors time to update,
and get the songs afterwards.

$ cvs -qd [e-mail]:/cvs co -PA src/share/misc/contrib

will get you all of the songs 3.0 - 3.3 in the MP3
versions, with lyrics. And I uploaded that back over
my 16K link.

Call me crazy....

[Eager Newbie]

But did the opening verse sound a bit like Dr. Frank Furter? Time warp, anyone???

Then the rest sounding a bit like slow Iron Maiden... *headbang*

Max points for coolness, geekiness, and creativity!

oh my god!

[Edward Scissorhands]

Dio is back!

Lookout!

*grabs testicles*

http download link?

[trash eighty]

is there a http download link for it? the evil sysadmins here at work block out ftp for us little people.

Where is the source

[vesamies]

I was able to listen to the song in my pc ok, but how do I build it from source? Where are the makefiles?